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47 minutes ago, tango said:

Interesting. Did he move? 

Not sure. The other Cottee still plays for THSouth.

If you want to participate, go the page posted above and make your picks in the Pick 'Em week 1 thread. Everyone is welcome!

I'll provide the 10 games below and you can make your picks. Picks are due by Friday at kickoff. I'll update the scores and everyone's record the following day.

Andrean @ Merrillville

Brownsburg @ Ben Davis

Chatard @ Brebeuf

Harrison v. West Lafayette

Linton-Stockton @ Parke Heritage

Warren Central @ Center Grove

Carroll (Fort Wayne) @ Fort Wayne Luers

Evansville Memorial @ Jasper

Cathedral @ Lafayette Jeff

Lawrenceburg @ East Central

One of the Cottee kids is the QB at Northview now.

4 hours ago, gonzoron said:

Create it in the Pick 'em Club and I'll participate. I wish all the pick 'em threads would use this feature.

 

I posted over there.

Let me know what games we should use. I'd like to have 10 games to choose from. I want at least 2 from each region of the  state so everyone feels included. I'll try not to use the same schools over and over again. If we get enough people, I'd like to get this started. Anyone can join. You can join at any time, just probably won't win the league but who knows.

Anyone interested in weekly pick 'em? We can choose winners from 10 different games around the state and the winner at the end of the season gets "bragging rights". If interested, reply in here. Anyone can play but you're only chance at winning is being involved all 9 weeks. Best record will win the league, of course. Picks would have to be in by kickoff on Friday evening of that week.

5 hours ago, Air bud said:

Any excitement or surprises from the scrimmages last night??

I think NV is gonna play a role in the WRC title race. Wouldn't be surprised if they win it.

15 hours ago, Air bud said:

I wasn't on hand to witness but heard through the grapevine that RP gave the vikings some trouble and maybe a little more at their scrimmage. Did anyone witness?

I didn't even know we scrimmaged RP. Must have been at the Eastern Greene thing.

West Vigo @ North Vermillion

West Vigo is on the road the first two weeks at WRC schools South Vermillion and Parke Heritage. Looking forward to renewing the rivalry with SV. Not too sure what to expect in either game but it should be fun!

4 minutes ago, tango said:

Sullivan is already there, right? Adding Lincoln, Linton and N. Knox would seem to help all 3 and could be doable with the 2 divisions. Linton's current schedule is not going to get them prepared for a team like Mater Dei.  

Sullivan is, yes.

5 minutes ago, WCGrad92 said:

Cascade coming back in has a pretty good Baseball Program currently.

They probably shouldn't have left the WIC. They weren't gone for long. I'd like to see some new flavor in the conference but it's got a large number already. Would have to drop some schools first.

On 8/1/2022 at 6:51 AM, globemstr3 said:

I was referring to a reduced travel time if in the WIC! Yes Im quite familiar with our schedule traveling all over the southern part of the state I don't see it helps much. No sauce involved...thank you.

Linton was actually invited to the WIC a few years ago and it turned it down I heard. I'm not a fan of the conference to be honest. Especially in baseball. West Vigo hasn't lost a conference game since 2019 in baseball. Most of the schools that joined a few years ago haven't really been competitive besides South Put. 

Also heard like 2 years ago that Northview was looking for a way out, not sure if they ever did. 

I'm excited for this season under a new head coach. Northview and Owen Valley are my favorites in the big school division. South Putnam should probably run away with the small school division. Chuck Sorrell is building a great program there. Indian Creek could be a dark horse under new coach Gillin. Sullivan is tricky after losing head coach Blaine Powell. I'd like to see WV compete for the small school but don't know what to expect.

11 hours ago, DT said:

Center Grove and Carmel made monumental miscalculations by boldly assuming that they would both be voted in to the Hoosier Crossroads Conference.

Both were left at the alter with egg on their faces.

Is there any guarantee that The WIC would want the TH schools?  The current WIC is on a good trajectory and seems to be extremely happy with exactly who it is.  Adding the TH schools completely changes the competitive dynamic.

Would love to hear from some WIC and some TH folks on this one.

I'm not sure the WIC would want them. The school issue with renovation/consolidation still hasn't been resolved as far as I know. I know the WIC tried to recruit Linton to join but they declined. I also heard Northview had talked about leaving and joining the CI with THS and THN. 

Linton-Stockton

West Vigo scrimmages North Central on 7/14 and Eastern Greene plus other schools on 7/19.

2 hours ago, DanteEstonia said:

That would be the worst case scenario. Vigo County would be best served by 4 7-12 grade schools, with West Vigo as the "prototype" so to speak. 

I'm curious to see what happens next. With the referendum now off the table, the school corp now has massive questions to answer. The 3 high schools have issues, all need to either be renovated or rebuilt. We could see some programs/activities dropped to come up with the money for the improvements.

We can't catch a break. We've had Danville, Tri-West recently, which isn't easy. Now we're getting Gibson Southern this year and next. We aren't historically great at football and likely never will be but yikes. But I am looking forward to hopefully see Gibson Southern in person. I have respect for them as a great program. I think this sectional is a little more competitive for us and I still don't expect us to win it. Hope we can avoid GS as long as possible lol.

2 hours ago, BDGiant93 said:

I think the Terre Hautes are an interesting topic. Do you really think they'll further split into another school? More likely they'll consolidate into one school. I don't want to have to figure out which ones survive, but I think this is much more the trend in these communities rather than splitting into another 3A.

The school corp's referendum on the ballot last week failed by a massive margin. It was supposed to raise property taxes and bring in over $200M so the corporation could renovate the 3 high schools. That failed so who knows what happens now. I've heard from people around the city they wouldn't be surprised if we ended up with 1 massive high school. Another was combining West Vigo/Terre Haute North into one high school. I'm not sure what happens. I'm not a big fan of the massive high school idea. I don't wanna see WV go away.

👋👋 Brown County

14 hours ago, CheapSeats said:

TH North and TH South

With the VCSC renovating all the facilities, I wonder if they finally purchase turf. I know it was brought up in the past.

If I was a Bears fan, I wouldn't be happy with this hire. Eberflus runs a very soft defense. I'm a Colts fan and I absolutely hated it. Gives up a ton of yards and relied on turnovers to get off the field. Colts D was awful on 3rd down this year. 

On 1/23/2022 at 6:22 PM, HHF said:

Why Northview?

South Putnam has great fan support and is a solid program

 

Northview is a solid program as well. Coming off a sectional championship appearance. They've been pretty good for a while. They always have really good athletes. I think Northview will always have a good program.